A Change In Me.

Chinese New Year is tomorrow, which means the official start of this year's new I Ho Chaun program, and I would like to publicly post all of my requirements for everyone to see.

Set Requirements

- No Quitting

- 50, 000 Pushups and Situps

- Master Two Forms With A Minimum of 1000 Repetitions

- Log 1000 Rounds Of Sparring

- 1609 Kilometers of Running/Walking/Biking/Rollerblading or Equivalent

- Record 1000 Acts Of Kindness

- Mend A Relationship

- Journal Once A Week

- Qualify and Perform In At Least Three Public Performances.

- Learn To Lion Dance

- Compete In The Tiger Challenge

- Excel In Your Core Class Curriculum

- Memorize Mastery By Stuart Emery

Personal Requirements

- 1000 Repetitions Of Tai Chi

- 12,000 Squats

- Minimum Of 10 Minutes Of Stretching When I Wake Up, And Before I Go To Bed Every Day.

- Start A Photography Portfolio. Either Online, Or In A Folder With The Following Categories:

- Portrait

- Animals

- Landscape

- People

- Nature

- Miscellaneous

- Sports and Motion

- Receive An Overall Average Of Over 80% In My Core Subjects (the ones I need to graduate)

- Math

- Science

- Social

- English

- Religion

- C.A.L.M

- Read 5 Books That Have A Personal Impact On Me. Document And Journal About How, And Why.

- Create A Career Profile.

- Play THe Piano For At Least 1 Hour A Week

- Obtain My Drivers License

- Keep A Private Prayer Journal. To Be Written In Once A Week

My overall goal throughout all of this is that I see a change in myself spiritually, mentally, and physically.I'm really excited for this year, and I'm hoping for a year of success for everyone that is in the I Ho Chaun this year.

Time.

Happy New Years everyone! :-)

I'm extremely excited for this year, as there are so many exciting things going on for me.

I'm proud to be a part of this years UBBT team, I have been preparing for this for awhile and I am hoping for a very successful year for all of the participants.

My family is going to be preparing our house to put it up for sale; for we will be moving into our new house around the beginning of June!

In March, we are going on a trip to Disneyland with some friends that have never been before. I was pretty little the last time we went, and I can't remember bits and pieces of the trip, so I am really excited to be going again soon!

I am sending off my application to volunteer at the Stony Plain hospital. It is my dream to attend medical school, and even though it is still really early, I want to start exploring some of the medical fields, and begin to see what I would be interested in.

I have two wedding this summer, one of which is in BC. So I am also very excited to be going to those :)

I've got a busy year ahead of me, and with this in mind, I would like to share an entry out of my creative writing journal with everyone. I think that it really fits with this year, and it reminds me to always stay focused and in the moment while the small things fly on by...

Time

Take your time. Cherish the moment.

When we're young, we look forewords to so many milestones. Graduation, experiencing the real world, university, a job, and for some of us: marriage, kids, and grandchildren. We want them to come as quickly as possible so that we may move onto the next.

Sometimes, we have trouble staying in the moment; taking time to en grain this very second into our heads, so that we may remember it for a lifetime. We know that we'll always remember those big moments, because they're all we've ever looked forewords to. We become unfocused on the small things, which are just as important as the big things.

We need to become aware of our surroundings. We need to remain in the now and not in the past, or the future. The past is over, and we have no way of knowing the future, but we have control over what is happening right now.

Because when all these big milestones have passed us by, we're going to wish that we could remember the small things. Because when there's nothing left for us to look forewords to, we're going to with that we had more to look back on.